Explore BrainMass

Explore BrainMass

    Your search returned 10,000 solutions for instant download

    First mover Last mover theory

    The thought process behind this theory is that by waiting a company can collect data and get a feel for the marketplace based on a competitor's success or failure with the product.

    Business / Accounting / Financial Accounting & Bookkeeping / Journal Entries » 352817

    Accounting Problems

    A total of 6850 kilograms of raw material was purchased at a total cost of $21,920. The material price variance was $1370 favorable.

    Business / Accounting » 108664

    Multiple Choice - Accounting questions

    $720,000 $680,000 The manufacturing overhead for Woodman Company for last year was: a. underapplied by $40,000 + b. underapplied by $20,000 c. overapplied by $40,000 d. overapplied by $20,000 22.

    Economics / Econometrics / Regression » 229256

    Organization Value Chain

    Profits rose nearly 8% to $494 million last year (2005) (www.en.wikipedia.org) Its value chain is as follows: Product Research and Development (According to the Market research) to Sourcing of Material (Coffee Beans, Food items etc.)

    Business / Strategy and Business Analysis / Value Chain » 118396

    CRM and Service Market Strategies

    This will help us in appealing the customers to shop only from us and not scout for such products elsewhere. Range can be made extensive for our products by adding extra designs, color schemes, choice of material, etc. in every product.

    Business » 82025

    . A staff position: A related directly to the carrying out of the basic objectives of the organization. is supportive in nature, providing service and assistance to other parts of the organization. is superior in authority to a line position. none of these. 2. The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA): A AND C (they issue various ethical standards and industry guidelines) is a professional organization of management accountants is a professional organization of financial accountants issues standards for management accounting issues standards for financial accounting 3. All of the following are examples of product costs except: A depreciation on the company's retail outlets. salary of the plant manager. insurance on the factory equipment. rental costs of the factory facility. 4. Management accounting reports might include information about: D customer complaints. net income for the year on budgeted income statement. total assets on budgeted balance sheet. All of the above are correct. 5. A daily report on the number of quality units assembled by each employee is information MOST useful to: A a front-line assembly worker the accounting department the chief executive officer the personnel department 6. Which of the following is NOT one of the three major customer value propositions discussed in the text? B customer intimacy discount pricing operational excellence product leadership 7. Conversion costs consist of: C direct and indirect labor. direct labor and direct materials. direct labor and manufacturing overhead. prime costs and manufacturing overhead. 8. Which of the following is NOT a period cost? D Monthly depreciation of the equipment in a fitness room used by factory workers. Salary of a billing clerk. Insurance on a company showroom, where current and potential customers can view new products. Cost of a seminar concerning tax law updates that was attended by the company's controller. 9. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 contains all of the following provisions EXCEPT: B The audit committee of the board of directors of a company must hire, compensate, and terminate the public accounting firm that audits the company's financial reports. Financial statements must be audited once every three years by the Government Accounting Office. Both the CEO and CFO must certify in writing that their company's financial statements and accompanying disclosures fairly represent the results of operations. A company's annual report must contain an internal control report. 10. The five step framework used to guide Six Sigma improvement efforts includes all of the following EXCEPT: C Analyze. Control. Digitize. Measure. 11. The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA): D is a professional organization of management accountants is a professional organization of financial accountants issues standards for management accounting Both a and c are correct. 12. All of the following are characteristics of a pull production system EXCEPT: B Inventories are reduced to a minimum by purchasing raw materials and producing units only as needed to meet consumer demand. Raw materials are released to a production far in advance of being needed to ensure no interruptions in work flows due to shortages of raw materials. Products are completed just in time to be shipped to customers. Manufactured parts are completed just in time to be assembled into products. 13. Prime costs consist of: D direct materials and the variable portion of manufacturing overhead. direct labor and indirect labor. indirect labor and the fixed portion of manufacturing overhead. direct labor and direct materials. 14. Nonmanufacturing costs: C include only fixed costs seldom influence financial success or failure include the cost of selling, distribution, and after-sales costs for customers are considered by GAAP to be an element of product costs 15. Shown below are a number of costs incurred last year at Mecca Publishing Co., a manufacturer of elementary school textbooks: Solvents and cleaners used by the custodians to clean the textbook printing presses $500 Depreciation on the automobiles used by sales representatives $4,200 Fire insurance on factory building $2,000 Shipping costs on textbooks sold $3,700 What is the total of the manufacturing overhead costs above? B $500 $2,500 $6,200 $6,700 16. Which of the following types of information are used in management accounting? D financial information nonfinancial information information focused on the long term All of these are correct. 17. The one cost that would be classified as part of both prime cost and conversion cost would be: B indirect material direct labor direct material indirect labor 18. The phase of accounting concerned with providing information to managers for use in planning and controlling operations and in decision making is called: B throughput time. managerial accounting. financial accounting. controlling. 19. The following costs were incurred in July: Direct materials $35,000 Direct labor $13,000 Manufacturing overhead $15,000 Selling expense $14,000 Administrative expenses $30,000 Prime costs during the month totaled: A $48,000 $28,000 $107,000 $63,000 20. The following data are for a recent period's operations: Beginning finished goods inventory $150,475 Ending finished goods inventory $145,750 Sales $400,000 Gross margin $120,000 The cost of goods manufactured was: A $115,275 $284,725 $275,275 $124,725

    Shown below are a number of costs incurred last year at Mecca Publishing Co., a manufacturer of elementary school textbooks: Solvents and cleaners used by the custodians to clean the textbook printing presses $500 Depreciation on the automobiles used

    Business / Strategy and Business Analysis / Management Tools and Techniques / Just-In-Time » 437377

    Business Information Systems

    Does it offer valuable alternatives to other products that may be already on the market (Bassill & Barr, 2013)? Research is the key to timing entry into the market for any new product.

    Business / Management Information Systems » 539793

    Accounting problems

    First you had to determine the activity overhead rate per product based on the actual activities divided into the overhead pool, see below: Then you calculated the each product cost based on the overhead rate!

    Business / Accounting » 88867

    Six Components of a Global Supply Chain

    Burn Rate - Based on the iRun order book or a sales forecast, materials management must monitor the factory burn rate for raw materials in order to write its contracts adequately d.

    Business / Management Information Systems / Supply Chain Management » 363142